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Chirac ordered to stand trial

30.10.09

Jacques Chirac is to become the first former president in French history to stand trial for corruption... more

BNP to get free advertising on BBC for general election

23.10.09

Video: New row breaks out over BNP getting free television advertising, while Europe’s most notorious far-Right leader said BBC had given Nick Griffin a massive potential boost... more

It was the Obama factor that lost it for Chicago

05.10.09

Not long before Barack Obama addressed the International Olympic Committee to persuade them to give the 2016 Olympics to his home town of Chicago, a gridlock created by his presence in Copenhagen saw a bus carrying IOC members held up for an hour and half... more

These expenses scams violate the spirit of the law – and MPs know it

07.04.09

It may not be fraud but as accusations of diddling the taxpayer reach the top of government we are owed more than excuses from those we elect... more

Al Qaeda ‘is greater threat to Europe than America’

03.04.09

Barack Obama has warned that Europe is at greater risk than the US of attack by al Qaeda as he sought to bury past differences with France in fighting terrorism... more

Zut alors – Gordon’s just discovered he likes Europe after all

25.03.09

The PM’s efforts to impress the Strasbourg parliament are part of his desperate strategy to woo the voters back home... more

Brown must wait his turn to meet the new President

20.01.09

Britain's "special relationship" with the US faced fresh scrutiny after Downing Street hinted that Gordon Brown will not be the first European leader to visit President Obama... more

Sarkozy keeps the new president on line for 30 minutes

07.11.08

Nicolas Sarkozy stole a lead on other world leaders in the race to build closer ties with president-elect Barack Obama... more

Yes, we had mad cow disease too, France confesses

06.11.08

French scientists issued a damning report finally admitting the true scale of their country's mad cow disease epidemic... more

Playing away from home - c'est normale!

24.10.08

The International Monetary Fund chief and former French finance minister, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has apologised for "an incident concerning me and a staff member"... more

London culture beats New York lucre

02.07.08

Hang out the bunting and sound a carillon of bells. Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, has confirmed he won't leave London for all the gold in New York... more

President Sarkozy and wife Carla lead mourners at funeral for 'Pied Piper of fashion', Yves Saint Laurent

05.06.08

France said farewell to fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at a memorial service at the Paris church of Saint Roch today ... more

1,000 years of being the closest of enemies

26.03.08

The Queen's new guest, Nicolas Sarkozy, is that rare beast, a Gallic Anglophile. He stands as a reminder that while our relationship with our neighbours was at least fairly predictable during the centuries of war, it has rarely been stranger or more fluid than in today's globalised world... more